Fledgling poetry and the significance to national literature
The Cane Cutter Mid the hot sun, The still winds “Him”, with his pardners Among the long canes, Sunburnt, fire-burnt canes.
The Cane Cutter Mid the hot sun, The still winds “Him”, with his pardners Among the long canes, Sunburnt, fire-burnt canes.
Last week, we started a celebration of Guyanese Amerindian art by directing some attention to its origins, history and rise.
In the month when the Guyanese nation celebrates its Amerindian heritage, we pause for a brief gaze at an important part of that heritage – Guyanese Amerindian Art.
Ol Higue Ol’ woman wid de wrinkled skin, Leh de ol’ higue wuk begin.
The University of Guyana (UG) has had a long association with art, including literature, music and drama, like most tertiary institutions, but specifically with fine arts.
So far in 2023, theatre in Guyana has had some encouraging moments and conditions.
Last week’s 1823 Bi-Centennial Cultural Festival and Concert, one of a series of theatrical events staged by the Government of Guyana to commemorate the 185th Anniversary of Emancipation and the 200th Anniversary of the 1823 Demerara Slave Rebellion, stimulated a brief analysis of African-derived performance traditions and venues in the Caribbean.
On Friday, the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sport was to have hosted “The 1823 Bicentennial Cultural Festival and Concert” on the grounds around the 1823 monument on the Kitty seawall.
Three short plays of compelling interest were performed on July 28 last at the National Cultural Centre.
Among the national events to mark the 185th anniversary of Emancipation was an effectively packaged theatrical performance titled “August Morning – Opening of the Day”.
It is almost a ritual in itself that every year around the time of the anniversary of emancipation from slavery in the Caribbean, the people of the region turn their minds to a commemoration of African culture.
We have on previous occasions discussed the foundations, history and development of Guyanese literature in these pages.
The dramatic play Anansi by Alistair Campbell will shortly be broadcast on radio.
It is the season of the Commonwealth short story. The Commonwealth Foundation in London has awarded the 2023 Commonwealth Short Story Overall Prize to Kwame McPherson of Jamaica for his story “Ocoee”.
The Commonwealth Foundation is scheduled to announce the overall winner of the 2023 Commonwealth Short Story Prize on Tuesday June 27.
Makantali money done in de country Makantali money done oh (Traditional) These words are taken from a Guyanese folk song which is based on legend.
Guyanese-British actor and prize-winning poet Marc Matthews is one of the foremost dramatic, stage and literary personalities in the Caribbean.
Guyanese literature was highly celebrated last February with the return of the Guyana Prize for Literature and its concomitant Literary Festival during the Republic anniversary observations.
The Poet The poet is a magician, The philosopher’s stone is his; It turns all baser metals To priceless rarities.
They Came In Ships They came in ships From far across the seas Britain, colonising the East in India Transporting her chains from Chota Nagpur and the Ganges Plain.
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